Hel­sinki is once again host to a great foot­bag tour­na­ment: Töölö Sports Hall, the Worlds arena in Au­gust, will be the ve­nue of the 15th an­nual Foot­bag Fin­nish Open fi­nals on Sun­day, Decem­ber 18. Pre­lim rounds will be played in the newly built Sal­mi­saari Sports Centre the day be­fore.

The Fin­nish Open is an IFPA sanc­tio­ned tour­na­ment and, as its name sug­gests, open for any­one, re­gard­less of ci­tizens­hip, to com­pete in. So book your­self an early Christ­mas pre­sent and stay tu­ned for re­gi­stra­tion info at the [an­nounce] mai­ling list. Here is the list of ho­nor you could get your name on:

Finnish Championship medallists 1997–2010*

net player

gold

sil­ver

bronze

to­tal

frees­tyle player

gold

sil­ver

bronze

to­tal

Tuo­mas Kärki

14

4

2

20

Mika Kois­ti­nen

3

2

0

5

Jani Mark­ka­nen

4

9

7

20

Juho Marjo

1

2

2

5

Jukka Pel­tola

2

9

3

14

Mikko Le­pistö

0

0

5

5

Matti Poh­jola

5

4

4

13

Fe­lix Zen­ger

4

0

0

4

Os­kari Forstén

4

4

3

11

Toni Pääk­kö­nen

2

2

0

4

Olli Sa­vo­lai­nen

1

2

6

9

Jus­tin Sex­ton

1

1

2

4

Jaakko In­ki­nen

5

1

2

8

Ilkka Ma­lin

0

2

2

4

Jesse Fryck­man

5

1

2

8

Anssi Sund­berg

1

2

0

3

Jus­tin Sex­ton

0

4

2

6

Juho Vesa

1

0

1

2

Jesse Ruot­sa­lai­nen

0

0

6

6

Jere Vai­nikka

1

0

0

1

Janne Uusi­talo

2

2

1

5

Jere Lin­na­nen

0

1

0

1

Aleksi Öh­man

0

2

1

3

Jesse Fryck­man

0

1

0

1

Ta­pio Kar­hu­nen

0

0

2

2

Juha-Matti Ry­ti­lahti

0

1

0

1

Janne Pe­so­nen

0

0

1

1

Lasse Sal­men­haara

0

1

0

1

Tuukka An­ti­kai­nen

0

0

1

1

Tuo­mas Rii­salo

0

0

1

1

Tuukka An­ti­kai­nen

0

0

1

1

*Inclu­des men’s open ca­te­gory me­dals for singles & doubles net, and singles frees­tyle rou­ti­nes. See this Google Spreads­heet for more de­tails.